New Method Finds Sequences in Minutes Instead of Days
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new database search technique that allows to find DNA sequences in minutes instead of days. The method...
Bioinformatics
Open Science
Open data, open methods and open access, and the infrastructure that makes shared research usable.
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Foldscope: A Paper Microscope that Costs $1
A team of researchers from Stanford University has developed a paper microscope that costs one dollar. Foldscope is printed in a sheet of paper and...
Education
PLOS Launches Research-on-Research Section to Increase Transparency
The open-access scientific journal PLOS Biology has launched a section dedicated to research on research. The new section will analyze how research is designed, executed,...
Funding
Mykrobe Predictor Software Identifies Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics have developed a new software that predicts antibiotic resistance in bacteria by analyzing their genome. The new...
Apps
Graphene-Based Paper Can Be Programmed to Walk
Engineers from Donghua University in Shanghai have developed a graphene-based paper that can walk and fold itself. Inspired by origami, the nanostructure can be excited by light...
Basic Research
International Summit on Human Gene Editing
Scientists from all over the world will gather between today and Thursday in the International Summit on Gene Editing celebrated in Washington, D.C. The experts will discuss...
Events
3D Localization of Single Molecules Improved to Nanoscale
University researchers W. E. Moerner, E. Betzig and S. W. Hell won the 2014 Nobel Prize for their development of super-resolution microscopy, a technique that breaks the...
Basic Research
Hydra Transforms Epithelium Into Rudimentary Nervous System
The freshwater polyp Hydra can regenerate all its body from just a fragment, and survives after losing all its nervous system. Scientists from the University of...
Basic Research